NFL Draft 2019: Dallas Cowboys select Tony Pollard No. 128 overall

After waiting to make their first selection in 2019 NFL Draft on Day Two, the Dallas Cowboys made one of two picks in the fourth round on Saturday.

The Dallas Cowboys had a slow start to the 2019 NFL Draft. They traded away their first round pick in the annual selection event last year to obtain Pro Bowl wide receiver Amari Cooper.

On Day Two of the draft on Friday, Dallas selected defensive tackle Trysten Hill and offensive guard Connor McGovern. Who will be their first pick on Day Three? We now know.

With the 128th overall selection in the fourth round of the 2019 NFL Draft, the Dallas Cowboys select …

NAME: Tony Pollard
POSITION: RB
SCHOOL: Memphis
HT/WT: 6-0, 210
2018 Stats: 552 rushing yards, 7.1 ypc, 6 tds, 39 recs
PROS: Playmaker, special teams returner, good receiver, good YAC
CONS: Poor pass blocker, body catcher

QUICK ANALYSIS: The Dallas Cowboys were needing a new primary backup to running back Ezekiel Elliott. In Pollard they get a change-of-pace back who will bring juice to the offense and who is also a very reliable pass catcher out of the backfield. Pollard is such a good receiver, in fact, he can line up in the slot. He can also be a difference maker on special teams as a returner with six kick returns for touchdowns while at Memphis.

Dallas Cowboys fourth round selections since 2000

2018 – Dorance Armstrong, DE – Kansas
2018 – Dalton Schultz, TE – Stanford
2017 – Ryan Switzer, WR – North Carolina
2016 – Dak Prescott, QB – Mississippi St.
2016 – Charles Tapper, DE – Oklahoma
2015 – Damien Wilson, ILB – Minnesota
2014 – Anthony Hitchens, LB – Iowa
2013 – B.W. Webb, DB – William & Mary
2012 – Matt Johnson, DB – East. Washington
2012 – Kyle Wilber, LB – Wake Forest
2011 – David Arkin, G – Missouri State
2010 – Akwasi Owusu-Ansah, DB – Indiana (PA)
2009 – Victor Butler, LB – Oregon St.
2009 – Stephen McGee, QB – Texas A&M
2009 – Brandon Williams, DE – Texas Tech
2008 – Tashard Choice, RB – Georgia Tech
2007 – Doug Free, T – Northern Illinois
2007 – Isaiah Stanback, QB – Washington
2006 – Skyler Green, WR – LSU
2005 – Marion Barber, RB – Minnesota
2005 – Chris Canty, DE – Virginia
2004 – Bruce Thornton, DB – Georgia
2003 – Bradie James, LB – LSU
2002 – Jamar Martin, FB – Ohio St.
2001 – Markus Steele, LB – USC
2000 – Kareem Larrimore, DB – West Texas A&M

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